runners please give comments

[jtterrible]

I tried sprinting for the first time in around a year.. I've been lifting alot and my muscles have gotten bigger.. so the experience was terrible.. lol.. I sprinted 50' stopped turned around and sprinted again.. that was it.. and my lungs were on fire.. I got nausea immediately.. wtf? I used to run all the time and do fine..

How can I run without my lungs starting on fire and me wanting to puke?

 

[drvinnybombat]

Try the same thing another 3 times. If you still need to puke after the 3rd, then you may have a problem, but I always feel nauseous when I start circuits or sprints after primarily lifting.

 

[jtterrible]

I thinking it's really just cuz I've not run in like a year.. is there any little tricks to help bring up my lungs so they can actually do ****?... I don't smoke.. and my legs don't get tired from biking or running.. my lungs just hate it though..

 

[owlicks]

Ha, um, run more? Seriously though, try to think of running like you think of your lifting. Your body can do a lot more than your mind believes it can. With running I feel that I have to push past that mental barrier even more than with lifting. Force yourself to do a five minute warm up, then run as fast as you can for two minutes, followed by two minutes of fast walking. Do this set of two minute intervals four times. I guarantee you that if you do that at least a few times a week, your endurance will build up in a hurry.

 

[Rosie Chee]

I tried sprinting for the first time in around a year.. I've been lifting alot and my muscles have gotten bigger.. so the experience was terrible.. lol.. I sprinted 50' stopped turned around and sprinted again.. that was it.. and my lungs were on fire.. I got nausea immediately.. wtf? I used to run all the time and do fine..

How can I run without my lungs starting on fire and me wanting to puke?

It's not that you've been lifting a lot and have more muscle mass, but the fact that you did something that you have not done in a year and started out doing it at maximal effort, is why you suffered! Just because you "used to run all the time and do fine" does not mean that you should start straight back into something you have not done in a year at maximal effort. Give your body a chance to get used to it again - start off with a jogging warm-up for a little bit before doing any sprints (if you want to do sprints), and don't be disappointed if it hurts (because it will hurt like hell - your body AND your lungs) for a while, until your body acclimatizes to it. Trust me, even I (and I am used to running), if I have time off running and start back again, whether I am sprinting or not, can't move at as fast a pace that I can/have built up to if running is a consistent part of my training.

I thinking it's really just cuz I've not run in like a year.. is there any little tricks to help bring up my lungs so they can actually do ****?... I don't smoke.. and my legs don't get tired from biking or running.. my lungs just hate it though..

All you can do it run. Maybe wait a few sessions of just running for a time as your body can handle it before sprinting. Or having a set period of sprinting (i.e. no more than ~20 seconds) before stopping completely for a break (i.e. starting at ~40 seconds per rest period).

~Rosie~

 

[Rodja]

Well, for starters, you have a higher O2 demand from the extra weight. Also, you're deconditioned to sprinting and it sounds like you didn't get in a proper warm-up either.

 

[jtterrible]

alright.. so I've decided to start biking more.. so I can build up to running.. then do sprints ..thank you all for the helpful comments

 

[russy_russ]

alright.. so I've decided to start biking more.. so I can build up to running.. then do sprints ..thank you all for the helpful comments

Biking won't help too much with running. It's about specificity. If you want to get better at something, do that. The degree to which your training is away from the actual exercise the lower transfer of training adaptations occur. In other words, you would get better at biking than you would running. Also, resistance training does not typically increase oxidative enzymes, mitochondrial density, mitochondrial mass (recticulum), and capillary density which you would see from cardiorespiratory training. And, without doing that type of exercise in a year, you've lost what you previously gained from training. It's also relative to the type of cardiorespiratory training you do as well (recruitment patterns, firing rate, neural inhibition, etc)-specificity.